Sofa-bed.



F. L. ANDREN.-

1,237,740. W. Patented Aug. 21,1917.

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F. L. ANDREN.

SOFA BED.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, I914.

' 1,237,740. Patented Aug. 21,1917.

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DVI'TNESSES.

UNITED STATE PATENT @FFTCE.

FRITZ I1. ANDREN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.-

SOFA-BED.

1 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A11 21, 1917 Applicationfiled May 4, 1914. Serial No. 836,140.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRITZ L. ANDREN, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new which, when the seat frame isreversed, may

be extended to form a bed. The object thereof is to provide a bedstructure which is simple in construction and cheap to manufacture, andin which the parts are not likely 'to' get out of order. The whole'islight in weight. It is easily moved or Changed from one use to another.All parts of the bed are strongly and positively supported and alldanger of accidental folding up or collapse is eliminated.

.The principles of my invention are illustrated in the drawings, inwhich' Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sofa;

Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 1 just inside the near frame end, the seatbeing reversed;

-Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 1 just inside the near endof the seatframe, theseat being reversed and the bed members extended;

Fig. 4 shows a section similar to that in Fig. 3 of What is known as ashort daventhe inside faces of the end pieces 1. One

side of the seat frame is provided with springs 10, and upholstering 11.It has a front or finishing piece '12 and when in use as a seat theportion in the rear of the trunnions rests upon the supports 13. When so50 used the back 11, which is hinged at 15 to the upright 2 is turneddownwardly to present the upholstered face or front thereof 16. When itis desired to use the device as a bed the back portion 1a is swungupwardly as shown in Fig. 1 and the seat frame reversed as shown in Fig.2, thereby disclosing the elements which are extended to form the bed.The bed consists'of a plurality of sections formed of members'securedtogether. 7

The front section includes the primary members 20 which are pivoted at21 to what is now the rear portion of the seat frame. The other ends ofsaid members are curved upwardly as shown at 22 and are pivoted at 23 tothe correspondingly upturned ends 2 1 of the secondary extension members25, which form the outside pieces of the second bed section. Radiuslinks 26 have one end 27 pivoted to the secondary members 25,

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I claim 1. In a sofa bed, a frame, a reversible seat pivoted thereon,primary bed members pivoted to the rear portions of the inverted seat,secondary bed members pivoted to the outer end of the primary bedmembers, and radius links having one end attached to the secondary bedmembers and the other end attached to the front portion of the saidinverted seat.

2. In a sofa bed, a frame, a reversible seat pivoted thereon, primarybed members plvoted to the rear portions of the inverted seat and havingupwardly turned outer ends,

secondary bed members having upwardly turned ends pivotedto the outerendsof the primary bed members, and radius links having one endpivotally attached to said secondary bed members and the otherendattached to the front portion of the said inverted seat, whereby whenthe secondary bed members are extended the front part of the invertedseat will be increasingly spaced from the primary bed members to giveaddi tional clearance to the bed fabric.

3. In a sofa bed, a frame, a reversible seat pivoted thereon, primarybed members'pivoted to the rear portion of the inverted seat and havingupwardly turned ends, secondary bed members pivoted to the outer ends ofthe primary bedmembers, radius links having one end attached to thesecondary bed members and the other end attached to the front portion ofthe said inverted seat, legs pivotally attached to the primary members,and guiding means for 'holdlng sa1d legs in relation tothe seat end.

, 4. In a sofa bed, a frame, a reversible seat faces of said seat ends,and means carried by said legs for engaging said slots.

5. In a sofa bed, a frame, a seat pivoted at its ends within the ends ofthe frame and forwardly overturnable therebetween, primary bed memberspivoted at their rear ends to the rear portion of-the inverted seatframe, secondary bed members pivoted to the front ends of the primarybed members, and means connecting the secondary bed members and the seatwhereby the relative inclination of the primary members and the seatframe is varied as the secondary mem-- bers are folded or unfolded.

6. In a sofa bed, a frame, a seat pivoted at its ends within the ends ofthe frame and forwardly overturnable therebetween, primary bed memberspivoted attheir rear ends to the rear portion of the inverted seatframe, secondary bed members pivoted to the front ends of the primarybed members and forwardly unfoldable therefrom, means for supportingsaid secondary members when unfolded, and means connecting the secondarybed members and the seat whereby when the secondary membersare extendedthe front portions of the inverted seat frame will be depressedrelatively to the primary bed members.

7. In a sofa bed, a frame, a seat pivoted at its ends within the endsofthe frame and forwardly overturnable therebetween, primary bed memberspivoted at their rear'ends to the rear portion of the invertedseatframe, legs to support the front ends ofthe primary bed members,secondary bed members pivotally attached to the primary bed members andforwardly unfoldable therefrom, and means for supporting said secondarybed members when unfolded.

8. Ina sofa bed, a frame, a seat pivoted at its ends within the ends ofthe frame and forwardly overturnable therebetween, primary bed memberspivoted at their rear ends to the rear portion of the inverted seat,legs110 to support the front ends of the primary bed members, extension bedmembers pivotally connected to the primary bed members and forwardlyunfoldable therefrom, legs to support the ends of the extension bedmembers, 115 and means connecting the secondary bed members and theseat, whereby the relative inclination of the primary members and theseat frame is varied as the secondary members are folded or unfolded.

9. In a sofa bed, a frame, a seat pivoted at its ends within the ends ofthe frame and forwardly overturnable therebetween, primary bed memberspivoted at their rear ends to the rear portion of, the inverted seat 125frame, legs to support the front ends of the primary bed members andthefront por'- tion of the seat, extension members pivotally connected tothe primary members, supporting means for the extension membersconnecting the inner ends thereof to the seat, and legs to support theouter portions of the extension members.

10. In a sofa bed, a frame, a reversible seat pivoted thereon, primarymembers pivoted to the rear portions of the inverted seat, legs tosupport the front ends of the primary bed members, secondary bed memberspivoted to the front ends of the primary members, and radius linkshaving one end attached to the secondary bed members and the other endattached to the front portion of said inverted seat.

11. In a sofa bed, a frame, a reversible seat pivoted thereon, primarymembers piV-- oted to the rear portions of the inverted seat, legs tosupport the front ends of the pri. mary bed members and the frontportion of the inverted seat, secondary bed members pivoted to the frontends of the primary members, and radius links having one end attached tothe secondary bed members and the other end attached to the frontportion of said inverted seat.

12. In a sofa bed, a frame, a reversible seat pivoted thereon andadapted normally to be in substantially horizontal position, primary bedmembers pivoted to the seat, secondary bed members pivoted to theprimary bed members to be unfoldable therefrom, and means actuated bythe secondary bed members in unfolding whereby the front edge of theseat When inverted is increasingly spaced from the primary members togive additional clearance to the bed fabric.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 27th day ofApril 1914, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRITZ L. ANDREN.

Witnesses:

C. K. CHAMBERLAIN, A. S. PHILLIPS.

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